A newly enacted Texas law bans employers from discriminating against workers for hairstyles and textures commonly associated with race, giving CROWN Act supporters a major win in the nation’s most populous red state.
The Texas measure (HB 567) adds hair-related protections to the state’s existing law banning racial discrimination in employment and housing. It also bans public schools and universities from adopting dress codes that restrict race-related hairstyles and textures, specifically naming “braids, locks, and twists.”
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the measure into law Saturday after state lawmakers in the House and Senate passed it almost unanimously ...
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